Women and Girls Lead

Now Showing: Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock

Independent Lens & Community Cinema

Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock will be screening across the US as part of Community Cinema throughout January, and will be airing on Independent Lens during February.

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Now Showing: The Interrupters

FRONTLINE : February 14, 2012

The Interrupters tells the stories of three "violence interrupters" who, with bravado, humility, and even humor try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they themselves once employed. The film features fearless and courageous Ameena Mathews as she works to free her community from violence. The Interrupters premieres on the PBS series FRONTLINE on February 14, 2012.

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2012 is Year of the Girl

Launched February 1, 2012

Girl Scouts of the USA announces 2012 is the Year of the Girl! In honor of its centennial celebration, GSUSA is launching ToGetHerThere, the largest, boldest advocacy and fundraising cause campaign dedicated to girls’ leadership issues. ToGetHerThere officially launched on February 1st.

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Now Available: Women and Girls Lead Collection, Vol. 1

ITVS Community Classroom Educators Collections

The Women and Girls Lead, Volume 1 collection offers innovative and free resources for educators, NGOs and community organizations that focus on a range of issues relating to women and girls development and empowerment.

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Featured Report: Nicholas Kristof's Reports for Half The Sky

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has begun filing columns from his travels as shooting continues on Half the Sky, the film project based on the book by Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, which comes to Independent Lens in Fall 2012.

Explore his New York Times blog